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TIL Interesting Facts About The World's Oldest Intact Ship

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R5vd1 TIL 55-60% of people in Pakistan marry their first cousin
rNRVo TIL One of the secrets to sauropod (long necked dinosaurs) gigantism was their lungs. Bird-like air sacs allowed them to get oxygen while inhaling AND exhaling. Mammals only get oxygen when inhaling.
p8AY8 TIL about the largest known structure in the observable universe - Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall. It's approximately 10 billion light years in length, more than double the previous record holder, or 9.3% of the observable universe's diameter.
E1WN7 TIL Hippopotamus Milk is Pink in Color. Hippopotamuses produce two unique skin secretions (so unique they're named after the animal), "hipposudoric acid" and its analog "norhipposudoric acid". It gives the hippopotamuses' sweat a red coloration, commonly believed to be blood (it's not).
ADoGd TIL at 107 years old, the original "man in the monster suit" who played Godzilla is still alive.